Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid
Euclid and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) are poised to dramatically change the astronomy landscape early in the next decade. The combination of high-cadence, deep, wide-field optical photometry from LSST with high-resolution, wide-field optical photometry, and near-infrared photometry a...
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| author | Rhodes, Jason Nichol, Robert C. Aubourg, Éric Bean, Rachel Boutigny, Dominique Bremer, Malcolm N. Capak, Peter Cardone, Vincenzo Carry, Benoît Conselice, Christopher J. Connolly, Andrew J. Cuillandre, Jean-Charles Hatch, N. A. Helou, George Hemmati, Shoubaneh Hildebrandt, Hendrik Hložek, Renée Jones, Lynne Kahn, Steven Kiessling, Alina Kitching, Thomas Lupton, Robert Mandelbaum, Rachel Markovic, Katarina Marshall, Phil Massey, Richard Maughan, Ben J. Melchior, Peter Mellier, Yannick Newman, Jeffrey A. Robertson, Brant Sauvage, Marc Schrabback, Tim Smith, Graham P. Strauss, Michael A. Taylor, Andy Linden, Anja Von Der |
| author_facet | Rhodes, Jason Nichol, Robert C. Aubourg, Éric Bean, Rachel Boutigny, Dominique Bremer, Malcolm N. Capak, Peter Cardone, Vincenzo Carry, Benoît Conselice, Christopher J. Connolly, Andrew J. Cuillandre, Jean-Charles Hatch, N. A. Helou, George Hemmati, Shoubaneh Hildebrandt, Hendrik Hložek, Renée Jones, Lynne Kahn, Steven Kiessling, Alina Kitching, Thomas Lupton, Robert Mandelbaum, Rachel Markovic, Katarina Marshall, Phil Massey, Richard Maughan, Ben J. Melchior, Peter Mellier, Yannick Newman, Jeffrey A. Robertson, Brant Sauvage, Marc Schrabback, Tim Smith, Graham P. Strauss, Michael A. Taylor, Andy Linden, Anja Von Der |
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| description | Euclid and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) are poised to dramatically change the astronomy landscape early in the next decade. The combination of high-cadence, deep, wide-field optical photometry from LSST with high-resolution, wide-field optical photometry, and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy from Euclid will be powerful for addressing a wide range of astrophysical questions. We explore Euclid/LSST synergy, ignoring the political issues associated with data access to focus on the scientific, technical, and financial benefits of coordination. We focus primarily on dark energy cosmology, but also discuss galaxy evolution, transient objects, solar system science, and galaxy cluster studies. We concentrate on synergies that require coordination in cadence or survey overlap, or would benefit from pixel-level co-processing that is beyond the scope of what is currently planned, rather than scientific programs that could be accomplished only at the catalog level without coordination in data processing or survey strategies. We provide two quantitative examples of scientific synergies: the decrease in photo-z errors (benefiting many science cases) when high-resolution Euclid data are used for LSST photo-z determination, and the resulting increase in weak-lensing signal-to-noise ratio from smaller photo-z errors. We brie fly discuss other areas of coordination, including high-performance computing resources and calibration data. Finally, we address concerns about the loss of independence and potential cross-checks between the two missions and the potential consequences of not collaborating. |
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| spelling | nottingham-491992020-05-04T19:21:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49199/ Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid Rhodes, Jason Nichol, Robert C. Aubourg, Éric Bean, Rachel Boutigny, Dominique Bremer, Malcolm N. Capak, Peter Cardone, Vincenzo Carry, Benoît Conselice, Christopher J. Connolly, Andrew J. Cuillandre, Jean-Charles Hatch, N. A. Helou, George Hemmati, Shoubaneh Hildebrandt, Hendrik Hložek, Renée Jones, Lynne Kahn, Steven Kiessling, Alina Kitching, Thomas Lupton, Robert Mandelbaum, Rachel Markovic, Katarina Marshall, Phil Massey, Richard Maughan, Ben J. Melchior, Peter Mellier, Yannick Newman, Jeffrey A. Robertson, Brant Sauvage, Marc Schrabback, Tim Smith, Graham P. Strauss, Michael A. Taylor, Andy Linden, Anja Von Der Euclid and the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) are poised to dramatically change the astronomy landscape early in the next decade. The combination of high-cadence, deep, wide-field optical photometry from LSST with high-resolution, wide-field optical photometry, and near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy from Euclid will be powerful for addressing a wide range of astrophysical questions. We explore Euclid/LSST synergy, ignoring the political issues associated with data access to focus on the scientific, technical, and financial benefits of coordination. We focus primarily on dark energy cosmology, but also discuss galaxy evolution, transient objects, solar system science, and galaxy cluster studies. We concentrate on synergies that require coordination in cadence or survey overlap, or would benefit from pixel-level co-processing that is beyond the scope of what is currently planned, rather than scientific programs that could be accomplished only at the catalog level without coordination in data processing or survey strategies. We provide two quantitative examples of scientific synergies: the decrease in photo-z errors (benefiting many science cases) when high-resolution Euclid data are used for LSST photo-z determination, and the resulting increase in weak-lensing signal-to-noise ratio from smaller photo-z errors. We brie fly discuss other areas of coordination, including high-performance computing resources and calibration data. Finally, we address concerns about the loss of independence and potential cross-checks between the two missions and the potential consequences of not collaborating. American Astronomical Society 2017-12-07 Article PeerReviewed Rhodes, Jason, Nichol, Robert C., Aubourg, Éric, Bean, Rachel, Boutigny, Dominique, Bremer, Malcolm N., Capak, Peter, Cardone, Vincenzo, Carry, Benoît, Conselice, Christopher J., Connolly, Andrew J., Cuillandre, Jean-Charles, Hatch, N. A., Helou, George, Hemmati, Shoubaneh, Hildebrandt, Hendrik, Hložek, Renée, Jones, Lynne, Kahn, Steven, Kiessling, Alina, Kitching, Thomas, Lupton, Robert, Mandelbaum, Rachel, Markovic, Katarina, Marshall, Phil, Massey, Richard, Maughan, Ben J., Melchior, Peter, Mellier, Yannick, Newman, Jeffrey A., Robertson, Brant, Sauvage, Marc, Schrabback, Tim, Smith, Graham P., Strauss, Michael A., Taylor, Andy and Linden, Anja Von Der (2017) Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 233 (2). p. 21. ISSN 1538-4365 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4365/aa96b0/meta doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aa96b0 doi:10.3847/1538-4365/aa96b0 |
| spellingShingle | Rhodes, Jason Nichol, Robert C. Aubourg, Éric Bean, Rachel Boutigny, Dominique Bremer, Malcolm N. Capak, Peter Cardone, Vincenzo Carry, Benoît Conselice, Christopher J. Connolly, Andrew J. Cuillandre, Jean-Charles Hatch, N. A. Helou, George Hemmati, Shoubaneh Hildebrandt, Hendrik Hložek, Renée Jones, Lynne Kahn, Steven Kiessling, Alina Kitching, Thomas Lupton, Robert Mandelbaum, Rachel Markovic, Katarina Marshall, Phil Massey, Richard Maughan, Ben J. Melchior, Peter Mellier, Yannick Newman, Jeffrey A. Robertson, Brant Sauvage, Marc Schrabback, Tim Smith, Graham P. Strauss, Michael A. Taylor, Andy Linden, Anja Von Der Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid |
| title | Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid |
| title_full | Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid |
| title_fullStr | Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid |
| title_full_unstemmed | Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid |
| title_short | Scientific synergy between LSST and Euclid |
| title_sort | scientific synergy between lsst and euclid |
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